Odd view of sin by Catholic Church

Are readers sick and tired of hearing about the two popes, the one going and the one coming?

I guess it's a big deal if you're Catholic; that it's been 600 years since the last pope stepped down.

But it's been 700 years since the Inquisition of the 1300s, and to my knowledge, the Catholic Church has never apologized for that terrible chapter in its history. It only took 50 years for the Catholic Church to apologize to the Jews for the Vatican's complicity with the Nazis in World War II. Figure that one out.

On top of that, as late as 1945 the Vatican was offering daily prayers for Adolf Hitler's good health and welfare, but it did excommunicate a high-ranking Nazi official - propaganda minister Josef Goebbels. The reason? He married a Lutheran.

Wait a second. They offer prayers for Hitler's well-being as late as 1945. A man who supposedly was responsible for the deaths of millions. But Goebbels was booted for committing the mortal sin of marrying a Lutheran?

This is a classic example of the absolute absurdity of Catholicism. As a newborn, I was baptized a Catholic, but luckily for me that didn't last long.